Described in detail herein is an automated fulfilment system including a computing system programmed to receive requests from disparate sources for physical objects disposed at one or more locations in a facility. The computing system can combine the requests, and group the physical objects in the requests based on object types or expected object locations. Autonomous robot devices can receive instructions from the computing system to retrieve a group of the physical objects and deposit the physical objects in storage containers.

A processing device (100) for processing a dental indication (103), including an electronic status detection device (105) for detecting status data of the processing device (100) and/or the dental indication (103); and an electronic generation device (107) for generating a code (109) comprising the status data.

A sensor array (100) with one or more sensors (201-204), with one or more operating means (101-104), each of which labels an object (801, 802), and with a processing unit (501) that is connected to the sensor or the sensors (201-204) via a communication connection (401), wherein each sensor (201-204) is designed for reading and unambiguously identifying an operating means (101-104). In each sensor (201-204), the time at which an operating means (101-104) was detected, the operating means identification of the operating means (101-104), a sensor identification that unambiguously identifies the sensor, and a quality variable q(t, s, b) determined based on time, sensor and operating means for the detection of the operating means (101-104) is sent to the processing unit (501). The invention further relates to a corresponding method.

A robotic system is disclosed that include an articulated arm and a first perception system for inspecting an object, as well as a plurality of additional perception systems, each of which is arranged to be directed toward a common area in which an object may be positioned by the robotic arm such that a plurality of views within the common area may be obtained by the plurality of additional perception systems.

The present invention suppresses the data size of a data frame to be transmitted to a control device at every control period even if oversampling is performed. A counter unit (10) compresses the data size of sampling data (Sd) indicating a second or subsequent count value (Ct) to the number of bits by which the maximum (Vmax) of a count value countable in one sampling processing can be represented.

A code display medium includes a code image display portion which arranges a plurality of code images side by side in a circumferential direction around an axis of screw fastening and which displays the plurality of code images so as to be optically readable, each of the plurality of code images including identification information for identifying at least one of a fastening material for the screw fastening and/or an object to be fastened by the screw fastening and a fixing portion which fixes the code image display portion to a position that is on the object to be fastened and that can be simultaneously captured with the fastening material in a state where the screw fastening is performed.

A method of obtaining at least one operating parameter of an electrical substation component. The method comprises: providing the electrical substation component with a machine-readable code, non-human-readable, including the a operating parameter of the electrical substation component, the operating parameter includes a network connection parameter corresponding to the electrical substation component; providing an electronic module able to read the network connection parameter from the machine-readable code, the electrical substation component and the electronic module are in communication with a communications network; configuring the electronic module to read the network connection parameter from the machine-readable code and retrieve the network connection parameter from the machine-readable code; configuring the electronic module to use the network connection parameter retrieved from the machine-readable code to form a direct network connection with the electrical substation component to enable communication between the electronic module and the electrical substation component via a digital communication link.

A system for utilizing an identification marker on a tool part for determining a dimension thereof. The system includes a reader device for reading a machine readable code, and an electronic device connected to the reader device. The electronic device has a processing circuitry that causes the system to detect with the reader device, an identification marker at a tool part, wherein the identification marker is a unique machine readable code read by the reader device, and the unique machine readable code of the identification marker, and obtain from the unique machine readable code, individual dimension information data including at least one individually measured dimension of the tool part measured when manufacturing the tool part. A method and a computer program product for utilizing an identification marker on a tool part to be used for determining a dimension of the tool part and to a tool part is also provided.

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to track objects on a moving conveyor system. In some embodiments, an RFID based tracking system comprises a conveyor system to move and transport objects along a conveyance path, wherein each object includes a near field only RFID tag associated therewith and identifying the object. Each near field only RFID tag is not coupled to a far field antenna such that it is not readable in a far field of RFID communication and communicates only in a near field of RFID communication. An RFID tag reader is positioned to attempt to read the near field only RFID tag of each object. And a control circuit processes reads of the near field only RFID tags by the first RFID reader to determine an order of the objects being conveyed.

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to track objects on a moving conveyor system. In some embodiments, an RFID based tracking system comprises a conveyor system to move and transport objects along a conveyance path, wherein each object includes a near field only RFID tag associated therewith and identifying the object. Each near field only RFID tag is not coupled to a far field antenna such that it is not readable in a far field of RFID communication and communicates only in a near field of RFID communication. An RFID tag reader is positioned to attempt to read the near field only RFID tag of each object. And a control circuit processes reads of the near field only RFID tags by the first RFID reader to determine an order of the objects being conveyed.